Revamped Royal Oaks reopens at 9 tonight

YOUNGSTOWN

The new Royal Oaks will be unveiled tonight at about 9 p.m.

Fred D’Amico of the Youngstown Film Commission told The Vindicator this afternoon the redone beloved dive bar will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony tonight.

Production of the SpikeTV “Bar Rescue” show began at the Oaks, located at 924 Oak St., earlier this week.

The show, starring bar and nightlife management expert Jon Taffer, visits struggling bars and gives them a physical makeover and also identifies and reverses poor business practices.

A second bar in Youngstown is expected to also be rescued. Sources have said that bar is Martini Brothers Burger Bar located at 110 W. Federal St. downtown.